Posted by mike lynch on September 22, 2006, at 22:08:58
I'm just wondering if there is anyone on here, who has succesfully functioned after being on a significant ssri trial. Obviously, there are some, but I wonder how *many* of those who feel they functioned fine for most of there lives, except for maybe one bout of depression they experienced, and maybe took ssri's to get through it -- but getting off of it they seem almost naked and life harder to deal with then it was before. Is there any belief that the reliance on ssri's entail causes one to be to dependent on it, to the point where we aren't able to function without it. Almost as if we relied on swimming devices to learn how to swim, or to help us swim due to an injury and when the injuries heal, and the devices are taken away, are body just isn't able to recall how to swim without the aids.
. For what seems to be a bout of depression I faced, one that seems to have vanished, it seems off these "aids", things that were just minor problems before drugs seem much bigger obstacles, much harder obstacles. Have you ever had your eyes tested and told that you needed glasses, when you thought you could generally see fine. Then after wearing the glasses for a long period of time, because your vision has adjusted to the sharp vision, your vision without the glasses -- which usually was decent is now completely impaired. I'm truly curious as to how many people are able to take ssri's for temporary problems and just ween themselves off and be completely normal afterwards
poster:mike lynch
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